On August 11, 1945, when broading appearance of the last emperor of a dynasty prepares to escape toward Japan, be in Shenyang airport by captive of Russia Red Army, museum of Yu Dong north is deposited after many 120 painting and calligraphy that carry is captured with a few gem, namely now the predecessor of Liaoning museum, have rare world curiosity among them " ancient poetry 4 stick " .
" ancient poetry 4 stick " write with 5 kinds of elegant annotation, in all 40, vertical 28.8 centimeters, horizontal 192.3 centimeters. Dripping wet of merry and lively of style or manner of writing, word commutation fleet, whole work rises and fall in free and easy in show atmosphere boundless bearing, according to legend is Tang Dynasty book of place of famous calligrapher Zhang Xu, be made classically by what unborn person is mad grass. However, because do not have " careless emperor " Zhang Xu's inscribe, millenarian come, about its author view diverse and confused.
Zhang Xu resembles
Think it is the literary work that Xie Ling carries when Northen Song Dynasty, join Tibetan royal court and collect at " announce and book guide " . Bright generation is famous scholar, collector yuan of another name for Kaifeng, Feng Fang, Dong Jichang has made identification to it, denied " authentic work of Xie Ling carry " say. To clear generation it is collected by clear palace, of Qianlong " Shi Qubao Ji " it is its surely " calligraphy of bogus Zhang Xu " .
Zhang Xu " cursive heart classics "
Well-known, in the appraisal of cultural relic of Chinese ancient time, painting and calligraphy yes a the most difficult, develop till height of science and technology today, also give the scientific instrument of appraisal Gu Hua without the invention, still need to rely on traditional method, the eye that depends on the connoisseur that is full of experience will have identification to ancient painting and calligraphy. But as a result of appraisal perspective different, also reach constantly different conclusion.
Zhang Xu " abdomen painful post " ?
Arrived contemporary, thank childish willow, authentic work of view brilliance of the rising sun says Yang Renkai force. Those who thank the textual research method that childish willow gentleman uses is according to Huang Tingjian their development series goes to Yan Zhenqing time push, decide style of this kind of calligraphic and written age are Cheng Tang, the person that write is him Zhang Xu. Xu Bangda, open result criterion to maintain for pseudograph. Open result gentleman to study from literal respect, he thinks to there is by the side of here " water of boreal faulting Lin Dan " red word is to avoid avoid as taboo of the Song Dynasty, should be " boreal Quelin Xuan Shui " . So this calligraphy is Northen Song Dynasty necessarily the following thing, holograph of Zhang Xu of and rather than.
Those who open result gentleman to think to have a problem " red " word
4 old gentlemen are the character of class of leading authority of appraisal of painting and calligraphy, bilateral each sticks to his own view, everybody cannot convince each other, and the viewpoint that all does not agree with the other side, till today academia is opposite " ancient poetry 4 stick " time still open to question.
" ancient poetry 4 stick " circulate up to now, and have this one only, without giving thought to whether Zhang Xu holograph, still be a god-given curiosa, be collected at " picture of book of Chinese ancient time looks " the 16th in.